Improvement in vehicle-wheels



P. GENDRN.

Vehicle-Wheels.

Patented April 21,1874.V

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UNITED STATES' PATENT QEFICE.

PETER GENDRON, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEHICLE-WHEELS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. l 50,02] dated April Q1, 1874; application filed August 11, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER GENDRON, of

Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carriage-Wheels; and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my wheel.`

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through imposed on wheels of ordinary construction.

The weight of the load in the usual Wheel is imposed upon the spokes, radiating from the lower part of the hub, when, if the spokes are too weak for the purpose, they buckle or break. In the construction of the wheel under consideration this difticulty is avoided, as the parts are so arranged that any excess of weight that might, under ordinary circumstances, be imposed on any particular spoke or spokes is at once distributed, so that the weight is equally imposed upon all parts of the Wheel. The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the various parts, as more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents my improved hub, divided into two sections, B C, each of which are alike; consequently a description of one of said sections is deemed Each of these sections is provided with a base, a, and a cap, I), the inner faces of which are correspondingly grooved, as shown in Fig. 4, to receive the spokes D, and these inner faces are designed to lit each other closely when the parts are together. At the inner termination of the grooves in the base a, said grooves terminate in the sockets d, at right angles with the grooves, and in line with the bore of the hub, which engages with the axle. The spokes D are made of round metallic rods, the inner ends of which are bent at right angles, and this bent end, forming a hook, is inserted in said sockets d. The straight part of the spoke then is placed in the grooves in the'face ot' the base a, and the cap bis then put in place, and secured by the nut h, or other equivalent device. The outer end of the spokes may pass through the rim E of the wheel, where they may be strongly riveted or otherwise secured, care being taken to so secure the spokes that they cannot accidentally be withdrawn from the rim. The two sect-ions B C of the hub A are so cast that they are in one piece, and each end should be threaded, as shown, to receive the nut which holds the cap in place. This wheel may be secured to an axle in any convenient way.

A great weight being imposed, by means of the axle, upon this wheel is instantaneously transmitted, in part, to the upper' part of the rim by the hooks upon the ends of the spokes, and the connection of said spokes, as described, to the rim. This would, under ordinary circumstances, tend to elongate the wheel side- Wise, or, in other words, destroy the true circle of the rim. This tendency is at once obviatcd by` the peculiar arrangement or' the spokes drawing on the rim from all quarters,

except that portion directly underneath the- The spokes should radiate alternately from each section of the hub, as shown.

"What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A vehicle-wheel having two similar parts, B C, cast in one piece, with sockets for receiving the hooks d, in combination with the 'caps b, nuts 7L, and spokes D D, having hooks d, substantially as set forth.

PETER GENDRON.

litnessesz H. S. SPRAGUE, H. F. EBEETs. 

